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Author Reid, Stuart, 1954-

Title The secret war for Texas / Stuart Reid
Edition 1st ed
Published College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 235 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 28
Elma Dill Russell Spencer series in the West and Southwest ; no. 28.
Contents Gone to Texas -- Revolution -- Bexar -- Contending chieftains -- High noon at Goliad -- Rio Grande -- "Go in and die with the boys" -- From sea to shining sea -- Postscript -- Grant's men
Summary On the eve of the Texas uprising, only two things stood in the way of American ambitions to reach the Pacific Ocean: the British claim to the Oregon country and the vast but sparsely populated Mexican province of Texas
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-227) and index
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Subject Grant, James, 1793-1836.
SUBJECT Grant, James, 1793-1836 fast
Matamoros Expedition (1835-1836) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001058808
Matamoros Expedition (1835-1836) fast
Subject Soldiers -- Texas -- Biography
Scots -- Texas -- Biography
Landowners -- Texas -- Biography
Diplomatic relations
Landowners
Scots
Soldiers
SUBJECT Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85134265
Texas -- History -- Revolution, 1835-1836 -- Biography
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1815-1861. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140072
United States -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- United States
Subject Great Britain
Texas
United States
Genre/Form Biographies
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2006014555
ISBN 9781603445061
9781585445653
1603445064
1585445657